Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 10:34 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Pulaski County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1997, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1997, 11:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, AR, Pulaski County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 11:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Redfield, AR |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
ARZ046-047-049-057-058-064-065-069-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 505 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS DIMINISHING FOR THE TIME BEING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 8PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY EXCEPT FOR TWO COUNTIES. ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES ARE STILL AFFECTED BY THE WATCH. WHILE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. STAY TUNED TO FURTHER UPDATES AND LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
915 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0708 PM WALDRON AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT REPORT FROM PUBLIC
0743 PM PARKS AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT
0748 PM WALDRON AR 2.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT REPORT THROUGH FORT SMITH
WEATHER OFFICE.
31Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
915 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0708 PM WALDRON AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT REPORT FROM PUBLIC
0743 PM PARKS AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT
0748 PM WALDRON AR 2.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT REPORT THROUGH FORT SMITH
WEATHER OFFICE.
31Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0935 PM MALVERN AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
HOT SPRING CITY POLICE
0943 PM MALVERN AR 1.50 INCH HAIL
HOT SPRING REPORT FROM HAMS
0948 PM GLEN ROSE AR TREES AND POWER LINES
06/16/97 HOT SPRING DOWN BY WIND
ALSO MINOR STREET FLOODING
DOWNTOWN MALVERN
REPORT FROM HAMS
31Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:01 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0935 PM MALVERN AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
HOT SPRING CITY POLICE
0943 PM MALVERN AR 1.50 INCH HAIL
HOT SPRING REPORT FROM HAMS
0948 PM GLEN ROSE AR TREES AND POWER LINES
06/16/97 HOT SPRING DOWN BY WIND
ALSO MINOR STREET FLOODING
DOWNTOWN MALVERN
F REPORT FROM HAMS
31Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1015 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1010z PM ICO AR TREES DOWN
GRANT NORTHWEST OF SHERIDAN
REPORT FROM OES
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 33 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.